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State registry

How many elevators are in Texas?

60,356 elevators and conveyances are on record in Texas, 60,356 of them active in the device registry.

60,356
active devices
20 yrs
median age
23,415
25+ years old
12,505
40+ years old

Where the elevators are

By county

Active registered devices by county. Dallas County leads with 12,844.

By city

259 cities

Active registered devices by city. Each links to its own count, age profile, and modernization outlook.

DALLAS 8,657AUSTIN 6,677SAN ANTONIO 5,444FORT WORTH 3,314HOUSTON 2,158PLANO 1,555IRVING 1,388EL PASO 1,228ARLINGTON 928FRISCO 888RICHARDSON 792CORPUS CHRISTI 720LUBBOCK 712SPRING 677COLLEGE STATION 612WACO 582GALVESTON 566AMARILLO 527KATY 487SUGAR LAND 466MCKINNEY 459TYLER 455MIDLAND 452DENTON 412ROUND ROCK 400THE WOODLANDS 380CONROE 378LAREDO 352GRAPEVINE 330ADDISON 326CARROLLTON 323BEAUMONT 319LEWISVILLE 315MCALLEN 307GARLAND 304ABILENE 299ALLEN 299GRAND PRAIRIE 286WICHITA FALLS 264SAN MARCOS 250BRYAN 247ODESSA 244GEORGETOWN 240NEW BRAUNFELS 234SAN ANGELO 225CYPRESS 222TEMPLE 219RICHMOND 216BROWNSVILLE 214LONGVIEW 203SOUTHLAKE 200EDINBURG 193MESQUITE 192HUMBLE 190PASADENA 187SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 177MANSFIELD 174BAYTOWN 165CEDAR PARK 163VICTORIA 158

Age of the installed base

Modernization map

Elevators are typically modernized at 25 to 30 years and replaced past 40. Based on install year for 58,930 active devices.

0-10 yrs16,626
10-20 yrs14,025
20-30 yrs11,547
30-40 yrs5,204
40-50 yrs7,691
50+ yrs3,837

Oldest still running

Install years are self-reported to the registry and occasionally reflect the building rather than the car; the very oldest entries are shown with their location so you can judge.

InstalledCityLocation on record
1909GALVESTON509 21ST STREET / JUSTINE APARTMENTS
1910GAINESVILLE101 S DIXON STREET / COOKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1911GALVESTON2024 SEAWALL BLVD / GRAND GALVEZ
1912EL PASO123 W MILLS AVE STE 600 / MILLS BUILDING
1912EL PASO123 W MILLS AVE STE 600 / MILLS BUILDING
1912EL PASO123 W MILLS AVE STE 600 / MILLS BUILDING

By device type

55,284 elevators (92%)
2,222 lifts (4%)
1,430 escalators (2%)
1,420 others (2%)

Permit activity in Texas

The markets we track in Texas, with contractor leaderboards: Austin (2,195).

Get Texas in the weekly dispatch: new counts, oldest finds, and modernization movers.

Device data from public state and city registries; see methodology. Permit activity (who is doing the work) lives on the market pages; the running national total is on The Count.